Funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. But i watched the World Cup Final in a neighbours house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at least it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world is watching. Wow. And you mentioned belfast there. Some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. Uhhuh. And youve now written and directed a film called belfast. Uhhuh. How autobiographical a film is it . Well, its seen through the eyes of nine year old buddy. Its seen at 50 years distance from me. So inevitably, not everything happened absolut
So, this is radio drama studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric radio drama studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember Winston Churchills funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtat
So, this is a Radio Drama Studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker, whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric Radio Drama Studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember Winston Churchills funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped. And in our own household, my brother had a sort of flir
it was like hearing two nuclear physicists talk about the rhythm of comedy very, very serious, for something that was about to be hysterical. then, i m hearing danny boyle going down to the other end of the corridor. he s talking jk rowling off the edge because she s got a story to read, and all i can hear is, i m not a professional, i ve never done this before! and the place is rocking. meantime, carol hemming, who i m working with, is trying to stick two isambard kingdom brunel sideburns on the side of my face and everything is moving and i m starting to shake, i m so nervous. so, then, on the way down to the sort of entrance, i had to go down because i needed to calm my nerves. it was about half an hour when they emptied just before people started coming in and i went out to one of the auditoriums, so i m looking at an empty stadium, more or less, and i do my lines for the last time, just on my own, very quietly, and i d just finished, and from behind me, i hear the applause f
it was like hearing two nuclear physicists talk about the rhythm of comedy very, very serious, for something that was about to be hysterical. then i m hearing danny boyle going down to the other end of the corridor. he s talking jk rowling off the edge because she s got a story to read, and all i can hear is, i m not a professional, i ve never done this before! and the place is rocking. meantime, carol hemming, who i m working with, is trying to stick two isambard kingdom brunel sideburns on the side of my face and everything is moving and i m starting to shake, i m so nervous. so, then, on the way down to the sort of entrance, i had to go down because i needed to calm my nerves. it was about half an hour when they emptied just before people started coming in and i went out to one of the auditoriums, so i m looking at an empty stadium, more or less, and i do my lines for the last time, just on my own, very quietly. and i d just finished, and from behind me, i hear the applause fr